Petition Submitted by Consumer's Union (Jun 26, 2014)
Petition submitted requesting that FSIS issue an interpretive rule to prohibit the use of the claim “natural” in the labeling of meat and poultry products.

Petition Submitted by Southern Poverty Law Center (Sep 3, 2013)
Petition submitted to both USDA and OSHA which requests that USDA ensure that worker safety is protected in any rulemaking related to line and work speeds in the meat and poultry processing industries.

Petition Submitted by Animal Legal Defense Fund
Petition submitted requesting that FSIS take regulatory action to withhold the official USDA mark of inspection from foie gras products unless such products bear labeling that states that they were derived from diseased birds.

Petition Submitted on Behalf of Import Export Associates(Jun 20, 2012)
Petition submitted requesting that FSIS review its policies on the documentation that is required to accompany meat and poultry products for export to a foreign country and apply these policies in a consistent manner.

Petition Submitted by Preferred Meal Systems(Jan 10, 2012)
Petition submitted requesting that FSIS authorize a regulatory experiment in which the labels of the FSIS-regulated component of Preferred Meal Systems' products would be generically approved if all labeling materials associated with such products would otherwise qualify for generic approval except for the claim that the product is acceptable for use in USDA-monitored child nutrition programs. .

SOIA, A Division of American Freedom Defense Initiatve (Jan 1, 2012)
Petition submitted requesting that FSIS amend the regulations to require that the labels of ritually slaughtered meat or poultry products, and products containing ritually slaughtered meat or poultry, disclose the fact that the meat or poultry was derived from a ritually slaughtered animal. The petition also requests that FSIS require that the labels of these products identify the type of ritual slaughter employed, .

Petition Submitted by Professional Research Organization, Inc.
Petition submitted by the Professional Research Organization requesting that FSIS establish new uses of high pressure processing (HPP) as a post-processing and packaging intervention to eliminate Trichinella spiralis, Escherichia coli O157:H7, and Salmonella spp. in ready-to-eat (RTE) meat products.

Petition Submitted by Real Halal
Petition submitted requesting that FSIS initiate rulemaking to require that the labels of meat and poultry products identified as Halal or Zabiha Halal explicitly state whether the source animals were hand slaughtered or mechanically slaughtered.

Petition Submitted by Food and Water Watch(Jun 6, 2014)
Citizen's Petition to Revoke Equivalency Determinations for the Canadian High Line Speed Inspection System; the Canadian HACCP-based Slaughter Inspection Program for Swine; the Australian Export Meat Inspection System; and the New Zealand Alternative Post-Mortem Meat Inspection Procedure

Petition Submitted by Food and Water Watch(Jan 19, 2011)
Petition submitted to request that FSIS initiate rulemaking to remove the Peoples Republic of China from the list of countries eligible to import poultry products into the United States.

Petition Submitted by The Conference for Food Protection(Jun 17, 2010)
Petition submitted to encourage FSIS to promulgate regulations requiring that packers and processors of mechanically tenderized beef cuts label these products to identify that they have been pinned, bladed, or otherwise mechanically manipulated in a way that tenderizes the meat by penetrating the intact muscle.

Note: Attachments to the petition are available for viewing by the public in the FSIS docket room (Petition #14-02).

Petition Submitted by Farm Sanctuary(Mar 15, 2010)
Petition submitted to FSIS to amend 9 CFR §309.3(e) to prohibit the slaughter of non-ambulatory pigs, sheep, goats, and other livestock and to require that such animals be humanely euthanized.

Petition Submitted by the Humane Society of the United States(Nov 2, 2009, PDF Only)
The petition requests that the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service repeal a provision in section 309.13(b) of the Code of Federal Regulations that allows veal calves who are unable to rise from a recumbent position because they are thought to be "tired or cold" to be "set apart and held" for treatment and potential slaughter for human consumption.